Denny Harless

Background

About Denny Harless

Denny Harless has been in the Information Technology business for close to twenty-five years. He started out at Electronic Data Systems by supporting and developing Dealership Management Systems. Then he branched out to developing Mainframe Solutions to support Dealership Communication Systems. Then in 1995 he started developing systems for the 32 bit PC platform supporting GMAC Latin American Operations. For two years he assisted in designing, developing and testing the new Client Server solution. He joined Microsoft at the tail end of 1996 in the Consulting Services group. Over the next 9 years he held numerous Sales, Delivery and Leadership roles in Microsoft Services including leading the new Automotive Services Unit and leading the entire Central Region Delivery team. He had the opportunity to assist some of the largest companies in the world implement and deploy Microsoft software based solutions.Then Mr. Harless stepped into his current role as a Partner Solution Manager. In this role he has the opportunity to align the immense capabilities of the Microsoft Partner channel with Microsoft’s Technology Sales initiatives with great success. He has the opportunity to work with some of the largest Systems Integrators in the world (Accenure, Dell, HP, etc) as well as outstanding regional and local partners who bring a wealth of capability and expertise to bear on our shared customers. He leverages these partners capabilities to implement broad solution campaigns across numerous enterprise customers driving increased joint revenues. Denny earned is Management Information Systems degree and his MBA from Central Michigan University where he met his wife Leigh. He lives in Farmington Hills with Leigh, their three kids and their dog Leo.